Ginny woke up the next morning alone. She sat up and saw that Voldemort had already left the cave. She rubbed her head and remembered the events of last night. She was glad that Voldemort had no interest of sleeping with her, or she would have been scarred for life.

Ginny stood up and walked outside. The sky was dark with clouds and it looked as if the Pridelands was in for a rainstorm. She made her way down to the water to take a long bath.

She pulled out her wand and heated the water before she removed her clothes and stepped into the water, diving all the way down to the bottom.

She swam through the water with such grace and she enjoyed it. It cleansed her body of Voldemort and she felt free from his grasp. Taking a bath was the only thing that Voldemort couldn't take away from her unless he joined her, which would be enough to make her go blind.

After swimming for an hour, she came out of the water and dressed in a pair of baby blue sweat pants, a white t shirt, and a baby blue hoody. She was just tying her shoes when a shadow cast over her.

She looked up and saw Kiara standing in front of her.

"Are you alright?" Kiara asked. "Did Voldemort…hurt you in any way?"

"No," said Ginny tying her other shoe. "He didn't touch me…in the wrong way." she put her foot down and looked up at the lioness. "Never mind me. I can take care of myself. How's Ron?"

"He's fine," she answered. "He was the one that told me to come check on you. We wanted to do it last night, but we couldn't afford to make Voldemort angry."

"Everything was fine," said Ginny standing up and climbing on the lioness' back. "He wasn't a perfect gentlemen, but I've had worst dates."

Kiara stood up and started walking. "If something happened to you, I don't know what I'd do. You're family."

Ginny didn't respond. Of course she was family. She loved these lions like she loved her own family. "So where are we going?" she asked.

"That's what I'd like to know," said a cold voice. They turned around and saw Voldemort standing there. "Where are you going, Ginny?" he asked.

"I'm just going with my friend, is that a problem?"

"Did you ask?"

"I don't-" but he silenced her by grabbing her chin.

"You should ask permission before you do anything. It's up to me rather or not you have a good day or a very bad day." Ginny glared at him and Voldemort chuckled. "Go with your friend," he said letting go of her face. "But make sure you're back before sunset." He walked away without another word.

"I despise that man," said Ginny as Kiara continued to walk.

"So do I," Kiara responded. "But it's a good thing that he 'allowed' you to come with me."

"Why?" asked Ginny skeptical. "Where are we going?"

"Not here," said Kiara. She was now feet from Pride Rock and she took off at a run. "We'll have to go somewhere else."

"But-"

"I'll tell you there."


"I'm not going in," Harry said firmly. He was standing on the beach wearing nothing but a pair of red swimming trunks.

"What's the matter," sneered Banzai. "You don't know how to swim?"

Harry knew how to swim. He wasn't the best swimmer, but that wasn't what was bothering him. They were trying to make him swim in the purple water. The water, he knew, that had drained his magic.

Harry looked back at the hyena. "I'm not going in," he said again. "And you can't make me."

"Oh, but we can," said Shenzi walking up to Harry. "We are the masters, you are the servant. You either do what we say or back to Voldemort you go."

Harry opened his mouth to speak, but Alika, who was playing in the water called out to him. "Come on, Harry," she said. "Let's play Marco-Polo."

Harry sighed. "I'll get in the water, but I'm not touching it." He left without another word to them.

"Where'd Harry go?" asked Omari, coming out of the water. "I thought you were making him swim?"

"He's going to swim, all right," said Shenzi. "Even if I have to push him into the water."

She looked up as Harry returned. He was dragging a large, wooden board.

"What the hell is that?" asked Banzai.

"My surf board," he replied causing Ed to laugh hysterically. "I'll show you how it works. Give me a hand, Omari."

"Oh, boy," said the excited hyena. "What do I do?"

Harry placed the board in the strange water and carefully crawled onto it. Omari followed.

"I need you to paddle the board out into the water," said Harry.

Omari paddled the board until he reach the middle of the water. They picked up speed and he, exhausted, finally stopped. Harry carefully stood up and he swayed a bit.

"This is fun," said Omari standing up as well. "Can we ride a wave?"

"Er…no." said Harry.

"He's not getting wet," Banzai said to Shenzi. "You said that he was going to get wet."

"He'll get wet," said Shenzi. She then dived under the water and swam towards the surf board.

"Can I climbed on?" asked Alika swimming next to the board. Harry nodded. "Yay!"

She climbed on the board and Harry headed towards a big wave. The board suddenly lifted under his feet and he hit the water with a big splash. He began to sink down towards the bottom and he frantically tried to swim to the surface, but it felt as if something was pulling him down.

"Mom," yelled Alika. "I think Harry's drowning."

"He'll be fine," said Shenzi climbing onto the deserted board. "He'll be up in a minute."

Down below the board, Harry continued to struggle against the water. It seemed not to want to let him go. Water started to fill Harry's lungs and he looked around for help. No one was in sight. He couldn't breathe. Through his blurred vision he could see someone swimming towards him. Was it death?

Something closed around his chest and he was sure that he was being dragged to the other world. The surface broke and Harry choked on the fresh air. He looked to his right. He saw a man with long, wet, black hair. Then everything went dark.


"Harry?" Someone was calling his name and shaking him. "Harry?"

"I'm surprised he's still alive," said another familiar voice. "He's burning with fever."

"I can see that," said the first voice. "Harry…please wake up. I'll buy you a firebolt."

Harry coughed, groaned, and opened his eyes. "A firebolt?"

"Err…no." said Sirius. "Are you alright?"

"No," answered Harry closing his eyes and sinking semi-consciousness.

He heard something rip and Sirius speak. "Go wet this, Pumbaa, but don't use the purple water."

"But the purple water is closer."

"I don't care if it's next to me! Go find some normal water!"

Harry heard someone gallop away and nothing else.


Kiara reached a cave and cleared her voice and roared. A voice called out, "fo deracs tromedlov nosrep ylno eht si ohw?"

"erodelbmud subla?" said Kiara.

"Enter," said the voice.

"What was that?" asked Ginny as Kiara made her way in.

"That was the password. No one else knows it. It took Remus ten minutes to work out how to say it."

"Oh," was the only thing Ginny could say.

They walked deeper in and saw Ron, Hermione, Kovu, and Nala all gathered together discussing something. Ginny climbed off of Kiara's back and made her way towards the group.

"Ron," said Ginny. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Did-"

"No," said Kiara giving Kovu a hug. She then turned to Ron. "Voldemort didn't ruin your sister."

"Thank God," said Ron. "Now what are we going to do?"

"We need to get Harry back here," said Lupin pacing the cave. "Once he's here he can overthrow Voldemort. Kovu is still the king, but it's not safe for him to rule right now."

"Why?" asked Ginny. "Is it because Voldemort won't let him."

"Bingo," said Hermione. "Sean and Natalie are too young to rule if Kovu is killed, so we have to get rid of Voldemort first."

"I'm right here," said Kovu.

"What about Sirius and Pumbaa?" asked Nala. "Do you think they found Harry?"

"Hmm." said Lupin continuing to pace.

"I'm pretty sure that Harry's fine," said Hermione. "If he was dead we'd know."

"Really?" asked Ron. "How?"

Hermione looked at Ron as if she just realized he was there. Lupin stopped pacing and turned to face the rest of the group.

"We need someone to go find Sirius," he said. "It never hurts to have look outs."

"I can't do it," said Ron. "If I come up missing, everyone'll get killed. I've already killed once, I'm not doing it again."

"We wouldn't ask you to," said Kiara. "I'll go. I know this elephant who'd accompany me. He adores Harry."

"No," said Kovu. "You won't leave. Not out there. I'll go."

"You can't go," said Ron. "You're protecting us. Voldemort loves you even though you turned your back on Zira. That's the only reason you're alive."

"Then I'll go," said Nala.

"Not over my dead body," said Lupin. "I'll go."

"But we need you here," said Hermione. "If you die out there, I'd be the only one here to come up with plans. I'll go."

"I don't think so," said Ron. "I've already lost one best friend, I'm not losing another."

"I can't go," said Ginny. "I'm his wife."

"That's it!" Ron blurted out.

"You can't possibly be thinking about sending Ginny," said Nala. "She's your little sister."

"No. Not Ginny. Timon. He's small, Voldemort would never miss him."

"Yeah," said Kovu sarcastically. "Like he's not going to miss the most annoying creature in the land and a elephant."

"He's not," but it wasn't Ron who spoke, but Lupin. Everyone turned to him. "If he's busy dealing with Ginny, he wouldn't even miss if the entire kingdom left."

"You want me to…" began Ginny. "…make out with Voldemort?"

"Hell no," said Lupin. "We just need you to distract him until Timon comes back with Harry."

Ginny took a deep breath. "I'll do what I must…but I'm not taking my clothes off. Or seeing him with his clothes off."

"We'd never ask you to do that," said Kovu. "I'll talk to Timon."


Harry felt something wet on his head and he opened his eyes. He was laying on soft grass looking up at the cloudy sky.

"I should kill you for treating my godson like this," came Sirius' voice. "He came to your island ill and you treat him like shit!?"

Harry sat up and a wet cloth fell off of his head. He looked around and saw that he was still on the beach. Sirius and Shenzi was feet away having a heated conversation.

"It's none of your business how we treat him," said Shenzi. "This is personal. And I wouldn't threat if I was you," she began to walk around him. "You can't use magic either."

"I don't give a rat's ass about my magic! I'm talking about my godson!"

"Look," she said stopping to the left of him. "This has nothing to do with you. This is just payback-"

"HE'S A CHILD!!"

Shenzi and Sirius glared at each other as Harry stood up. His legs were shaking and he figured it was due to his high fever. He walked towards Sirius, but didn't get far because he fell to his knees.

"Harry," said Sirius rushing over to Harry. He knelt down by Harry and placed his arm around him. "What are you doing? You should be resting."

"Y-You d-don't h-have o-one," said Harry.

"I don't have what?"

"A f-fever,"

"That's because you've been through so much."

Harry sat back on the heels on his feet and put his head on Sirius's shoulder. "It's my fault," he whispered. "I shouldn't have invited my friends over."

"No, Harry," said Sirius, gently taking Harry's hand in his own. "It's not your fault. Voldemort was planning this anyway. How could you blame-"

"Because I invited them," said Harry. "If it wasn't for my letter…The Pridelands would be better off without me."

"Now that that's settled," said Shenzi walking over. "It's dinner ti-" she went silent when Sirius sent her a glare.

Sirius turned his attention to Harry. "If it's anyone's fault, it's Voldemort. Sure your friend played apart of it, but I'm sure he's sorry." When Harry didn't respond, Sirius let go of his hand and grabbed his chin, and despite the burning feeling, he lifted his head making him look at him. "It's. not. your. fault." he said firmly.

"It is," said Harry pulling himself out of Sirius's grasp. "Maybe you should go back-"

"Shut up, Harry," Sirius said quietly pulling his godson in a hug. "I'd never leave you."

Sirius:

I will always be with you

Makes no difference where your road takes you to

Even if we're apart

Now we're join at the heart

Though our moment may be gone

You and I will still live on

(Harry looks up at Sirius.)

Harry:

I will always be with you

You'll be by my side whatever I do

Other memories can fade

But the ones that we made

Are eternal as a star

Now I'm part of who you are

Sirius:

And I'll be there with you in the sound of your laughter

I'll be in the tears you cry

(Wipes a tear from Harry's face.)

'Cause the way you and I have loved one another

Doesn't end with goodbye

(Birds land nearby and Sirius and Harry look at them unaware that Alika and Omari are watching them.)

Sirius:

I will always be with you

Like a guardian angel constant and true

(The birds fly away.)

When you're lost in the light

Harry:

Lost in the light

Sirius:

And you can't see the light

Harry:

Can't see the light

Sirius:

My love will see you through

(Sirius places his hand on top of Harry's.)

I will always be there

Harry:

(Places his hand on top of Sirius's.)

You'll have me there

Sirius and Harry:

I will always be with you

Harry leans on Sirius's shoulder and Sirius kisses him on top of his head. "Don't worry, Harry," he whispered in his hair. "I won't leave you." he felt Harry nod and seconds later heard his deep breathing of sleep.